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Protesters rally after black teen's shooting by police in Missouri

By JIM SALTER, Associated Press

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08/10/2014 11:05:56 AM EDT

Louis Head, stepfather to 18-year-old Michael Brown who was fatally shot by police, holds a sign in Ferguson, Mo., near St. Louis on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014. A spokesman with the St. Louis County Police Department, which is investigating the shooting at the request of the local department, confirmed a Ferguson police officer shot the man. The spokesman didn't give the reason for the shooting. (Huy Mach - Associated Press)

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) - About 200 people are rallying outside of a suburban St. Louis police department to protest the death of a black teenager who was shot by police.

The crowd chanted "We want answers" and "no justice, no peace," on Sunday morning before a police news conference.

Eighteen-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed Saturday afternoon near his grandmother's house by a Ferguson police officer.

St. Louis County police have not given a reason for the shooting, which happened in a predominantly black suburb a few miles north of downtown St. Louis.

A few police officers came out of the building to observe the crowd, which carried signs saying "stop police terrorism" and "disarm the police."